ITV Studios
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| Type | Public |
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| Genre | Television production |
| Founded | 1954 (as Granada Productions) |
| Founder(s) | Granada Limited |
| Headquarters | The London Studios, London Granada Studios, Manchester |
| Area served | United Kingdom |
| Key people | John Whiston (Creative Director); Claire Poyser (Director of Production) |
| Owner(s) | Granada Limited (1954-2004) ITV plc (2004-) |
| Website | itvstudios.com |
ITV Studios is a television production company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company, but also for other networks. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV-plc owned Channel 3 licensees - being able to trace its roots back to Granada Television in 1956 - and was originally known as Granada Productions. Prior to March 2009, the company was known as ITV Productions.
The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada and co-owned with BBC Studios & Post Production) and location hire company ProVision. ITV Studios Global Entertainment (formerly Granada International and Granada Ventures) is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats and commercial licensing deals.
Programmes on non-ITV channels (except S4C, which uses the name ITV Cymru) retained the Granada brand (examples are Channel 4's Countdown and The Royle Family for the BBC) until 2009. Many of the Programmes shown on ITV show the endboard featuring the ITV Studios logo after the credits as of 2009.
In July 2011, ITV Studios took control of ITV Breakfast Ltd which produces Daybreak and Lorraine.[1]
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[edit] Divisions of ITV Studios
ITV Studios comprises the following network production divisions from its predecessor companies:
- Anglia Television
- Carlton Television
- Central Independent Television
- Granada Television
- HTV Wales and West (aka Harlech Television) - including its former subsidiaries, Red Rooster Films and Television Entertainment.
- ITV Breakfast Ltd (Daybreak and Lorraine)
- London Weekend Television
- Meridian Broadcasting
- Tyne Tees Television
- Yorkshire Television
* Border Television and Westcountry Television rarely contributed network programmes, so were largely unaffected by the creation of ITV Studios.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 'Daybreak staff fear job losses' Daily Mirror - 6 July 2011.
[edit] External links
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